LinuxPPC equivalent of LocationManager ???

LinuxPPC equivalent of LocationManager ???

[Stephen Travis Pope]

Hello all,

I use LinuxPPC on a Lombard/Bronze PowerBook and *love* it. I also move
between several sites (home, office, campus, etc.) and (in the Mac
world) have several LocationManager setups for networking (PPP vs.
10BaseT connection, different IP addresses, domains, name servers,
etc.).

Does anyone have a set of scripts for managing multiple sets of /etc/*
config files for simulating LocationManager on LinuxPPC???

...any reply appreciated...

-- 
stp

Stephen Travis Pope  --  http://www.create.ucsb.edu/~stp
stp@expertcity.com   --  stp9@cornell.edu

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Re: LinuxPPC equivalent of LocationManager ???

[Martin Costabel]

Stephen Travis Pope wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I use LinuxPPC on a Lombard/Bronze PowerBook and *love* it. I also move
> between several sites (home, office, campus, etc.) and (in the Mac
> world) have several LocationManager setups for networking (PPP vs.
> 10BaseT connection, different IP addresses, domains, name servers,
> etc.).
> 
> Does anyone have a set of scripts for managing multiple sets of /etc/*
> config files for simulating LocationManager on LinuxPPC???

There is the possibility to define different profiles in linuxconf. I
haven't tested this, and I haven't heard from anyone that has. Mostly
linuxconf haters online lately..

--
Martin

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Re: LinuxPPC equivalent of LocationManager ???

[Kevyn Shortell]

If it worked correctly, we wouldn't hate it. =)

This is one of the issues that I see plauging Linux, you have flat
file configs, Linuxconfig, and bob's config, and none of them
reflect changes made by the other. Long term either Linuxconfig's
issue's need to be resolved, or something new written that meets
people's needs.

Kevyn

At 10:11 PM +0200 9/23/99, Martin Costabel wrote:
>?
>
>There is the possibility to define different profiles in linuxconf. I
>haven't tested this, and I haven't heard from anyone that has. Mostly
>linuxconf haters online lately..

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Re: LinuxPPC equivalent of LocationManager ???

[erik cameron]

in my experience, the best way to do this is to just write a quick and
dirty shell script to take care of network setup; maybe that's the solaris admin
in me talking...  :)  it just seems that the required parameters are simple
enough, and linuxconf is screwy enough, that it winds up being easier to roll your
own.  and the same script can run all of your configurations, and prompt you at boot, 
etc...  just my $0.02.  And yeah, if I had a copy of the scripts i've written, I'd
attatch them, but alas, I suck.  :|

-e

On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 10:11:56PM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote:
> 
> Stephen Travis Pope wrote:
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I use LinuxPPC on a Lombard/Bronze PowerBook and *love* it. I also move
> > between several sites (home, office, campus, etc.) and (in the Mac
> > world) have several LocationManager setups for networking (PPP vs.
> > 10BaseT connection, different IP addresses, domains, name servers,
> > etc.).
> > 
> > Does anyone have a set of scripts for managing multiple sets of /etc/*
> > config files for simulating LocationManager on LinuxPPC???
> 
> There is the possibility to define different profiles in linuxconf. I
> haven't tested this, and I haven't heard from anyone that has. Mostly
> linuxconf haters online lately..
> 
> --
> Martin

-- 
erik cameron  unix systems administrator
jfi/mrsec @ the university of chicago
e-cameron@uchicago.edu

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